. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . , whichbrings him more joy than the first flash of the Indian coast \It is a revelation, and, so far as I was concerned, the thrill ofexcitement lasted every day of my stay beneath its palms andwithin sound of the throb of its silver surf. My first view wasunder a cloudless sky. The Sutlej sailed grandly on. By andby the pearly islands of the harbor sprang out into clear in-dividuality. The steamer slowed up, and we dropped suburb of Kolaba bears off to the right, and loses itself inthe sea. The lovely Malabar Road sweeps fa
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . , whichbrings him more joy than the first flash of the Indian coast \It is a revelation, and, so far as I was concerned, the thrill ofexcitement lasted every day of my stay beneath its palms andwithin sound of the throb of its silver surf. My first view wasunder a cloudless sky. The Sutlej sailed grandly on. By andby the pearly islands of the harbor sprang out into clear in-dividuality. The steamer slowed up, and we dropped suburb of Kolaba bears off to the right, and loses itself inthe sea. The lovely Malabar Road sweeps far around to theleft, and its jagged rocks at the end mark the garden-wall of thegovernors residence. Within this charming curve lies of the city rise the ghats, or hills, which mark the sceneof AVellingtons conquest of the troublesome Marhattas. Thevalleys which divide the background of mountains, and the verymountain - sides themselves, tell the whole story of Englands > H a t-H >W •?H Gf> O O M g 2! Cao > a ? a -5 C o- --4. WJ ARRIVAL IN ROM LAV. 13 occupation and final possession of-western India. Eastern farther away from England, was first securely conqueredby Clive. The question then was to overcome and p the interjacent territory, or Western India. The glove had beenthrown out among enemies, and the question was now to Bghtfor the place where it lay. When the smoke of Wellingtonslast battle rolled away before the incoming breezes from theIndian Ocean, England was mistress, and has ever remained so3over Marhattas and all else. The hills seemed to come near to us, like friendly hosts bef<their Indian door, to bid us hearty welcome. Dp the Bhipsladder, and in clamorous crowds, climbed the native best course in all such cases is to select your boatman the first well-looking one you see, then never change him,or think of doing it. The competition and uncertainty wouldbe distressing and overwhelming. When once yo
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